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It was closed to passenger traffic and completely from Tenterden Town to Headcorn on 2 January 1954 , and finally on 12 July 1961 . In 1974 , the line partially reopened as a heritage steam railway, which is still in operation, running between Tenterden Town Station and Bodiam . The KESR was opened as the Rother Valley Railway, with its first stretch of line running from Robertsbridge to Tenterden (the station later being renamed Rolvenden ). The line extended into nearer to the centre of Tenterden to the Town station in 1903 , and the railway's name was changed to the Kent and East Sussex Railway in 1904 in anticipation of extensions to Rye , Cranbrook and Maidstone via Headcorn . The line extended to Headcorn in 1905 , but no further extensions were ever built. Between 1905 and closure, the stations on the line, running south to north, were: Robertsbridge , Salehurst Halt, Junction Road Halt , Bodiam for Staplecross , Northiam , Wittersham Road, Rolvenden , Tenterden Town , Tenterden St. Michael's , High Halden Road, Biddenden , Frittenden Road and Headcorn . The railway was built under the 1896 Light Railways Act , which allowed for cheaper construction methods in return for a speed restriction. Due to road competition the line was unprofitable after the mid-1920s and went into receivership in 1932 , and after Nationalisation of the railways in 1948, the closure of the line was certain. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS The preservation society's website can be found at http://www.kesr.org.uk/ and the museum at http://www.hfstephens-museum.org.uk/ |
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